Reviewer: Tati, 13-18 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

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I had VERY light periods, which was great, but i had severe emotional problems and it caused so many problems in my last relationship. It led to my fiancé breaking up with me because it got that bad. I switched to Mirena, and i feel like myself again

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I had VERY light periods, which was great, but i had severe emotional problems and it caused so many problems in my last relationship. It led to my fiancé breaking up with me because it got that bad. I switched to Mirena, and i feel like myself again
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Reviewer: Anon., 19-24 Female on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)

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I've been on it for 7 years clears up my acne breakouts and has never failed After i quit taking it three years ago it took about two months and i got pregnant with my daughter. Occasionally I'll forget to take a pill but I still don't get pregnant

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I've been on it for 7 years clears up my acne breakouts and has never failed After i quit taking it three years ago it took about two months and i got pregnant with my daughter. Occasionally I'll forget to take a pill but I still don't get pregnant
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Reviewer: 35-44 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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I had SEVERE muscle pain & weakness (myalgia) in my shoulder along with numbness & tingling while taking this pill. I didn't put it together that the pain was related to the pill (although both started at the same time) until I spent nearly $1000 on physical therapy and nothing was helping - not the pain meds, not the PT exercises, nothing!! Within a week of stopping the pill, my pain ... Show Full Comment

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I had SEVERE muscle pain & weakness (myalgia) in my shoulder along with numbness & tingling while taking this pill. I didn't put it together that the pain was related to the pill (although both started at the same time) until I spent nearly $1000 on physical therapy and nothing was helping - not the pain meds, not the PT exercises, nothing!! Within a week of stopping the pill, my pain was totally gone. I have been on BC pills for over 20 years and never had anything like this before. I only started taking this after switching health plans & my new health plan no longer offered a discount on Lo Loestrin. The pharmacy chose this generic over the others for Loestrin. I may have had better results on another generic, but after the 3 months of PT & the expense, I wasn't willing to risk another "trial" with generic Loestrin. If you have pain and/or suicidal thoughts with this pill - please stop immediately!
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Reviewer: Jenn2one, 19-24 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

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I have been on this pill now for 7 months because the last one made me gain so much weight. I don't have cramps or anything crazy on this one and haven't Gaines any additional weight but OH MY GOSH, my mood swings are insane! I get extremely emotional at times and I'm not normally like that. Iv noticed it's made me depressed and I never seem to be happy anymore. I now have almost n ... Show Full Comment

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I have been on this pill now for 7 months because the last one made me gain so much weight. I don't have cramps or anything crazy on this one and haven't Gaines any additional weight but OH MY GOSH, my mood swings are insane! I get extremely emotional at times and I'm not normally like that. Iv noticed it's made me depressed and I never seem to be happy anymore. I now have almost no sex drive and my mind is always in a blank fog. Also effects my memory a lot! It's causing a lot of problems for my relationship And at first I thought it was just me, but now after having such similar experiences to all the other reviews I know it's not me! I'm definitely going to go off of it!
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Reviewer: SD, 19-24 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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I started taking Gildess after Generess Fe stopped offering the discount card. After 1 month on Gildess I started getting extreme mood swings. I would get emotional and mad for no reason. I also had awful cramps at the start of each period. I tried Gildess for 3 more months, but the mood swings and cramps only got worse. I called my doctor today to switch.

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I started taking Gildess after Generess Fe stopped offering the discount card. After 1 month on Gildess I started getting extreme mood swings. I would get emotional and mad for no reason. I also had awful cramps at the start of each period. I tried Gildess for 3 more months, but the mood swings and cramps only got worse. I called my doctor today to switch.
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